Man is spoiling nature, exploiting its resources, polluting the atmosphere and causing the suffering of many living beings. This behavior causes imbalances in nature, resulting in the occurrences of natural disasters. When such calamities occur, it results in the loss of the lives of all living beings.

People loose their comfort of their lives and really need some help during such difficult times. Vikasa Tarangini provides services during calamities. Our volunteers form a quick response team, and are among the first people in the disaster affected area.

Vikasa Tarangini provides different services including provision of clothes, food, emergency and routine medical help, supplying daily food rations, creating new means for a livelihood, constructing housing colonies, building schools, etc.

With natural disasters frequenting all over the world, Vikasa Tarangini initiated programs to train people to help others in such adverse situations. The organization trained more than 200,000 volunteers in India as a ‘quick response team’ to be readily available to serve the victims of natural calamities.

Vikasa Tarangini was actively involved during Hud Hud cyclone effect and the Gujarat Earthquakes by building several houses and colonies (neighborhoods). It also provided housing for Konaseema Cyclone and Tsunami Flood victims. Vikasa Tarangini also donated boats for fishermen to provide livelihood for their families.

Vikasa Tarangini conducted several Tsunami Relief Activities in all the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. HH Sri Swamiji visited the Tsunami affected places and also distributed fishing nets, boats, repaired their damaged boat motors (engines) and distributed household utensils, and clothes lost in Tsunami. Free Medical Care was also provided to the victims and their families.

Relief Activities Snapshot

Cyclone Relief Activities

On 6-11-1996, a big cyclone hit Konasema.
Extended immediate relief activities, distribution of food grains, beddings, constructed 83 help centers

Earthquake Relief Activities

Earthquake hit Gujarat on 26th Jan, 2001
Constructed 88 pucca houses in Vallabhapur
Constructed Rama, Durga temples, community halls, gosala, birds cages
Handed over the houses in presence of Minister Sriman Amith Shah on 20-4-2003

Earthquake Relief Activities in Nepal

For temporary shelter distributed 6000 tents, 5000 bedsheets, food materials
Will build a permanent school using 1.5 crores

Tsunami Relief Activities

Distributed food materials
Constructed 50 pucca houses, 3 Mathsya Narayana Temples
Distributed 6 boats
Repaired boats motors of fishermen in Nellore, Ongole
Constructed Jeeyar Gurukulam School in Prakasam
Japan Tsunami – Relief Support
11,00,000 rupees donated for Support

Responsive Team

The organization trained many volunteers in India as a ‘quick response team’ to be readily available to serve the victims of natural calamities.

Rescue Operations

More than 25 + Rescue and rehabilitation operations are conducted in major natural disaster relief activities

LiveliHood

Vikasa Tarangini distributed 20 tons of seeds to the cyclone affected farmers. VT also donated boats and fishing nets for fishermen to provide livelihood for their families.

Food

During calamities VT distributes food materials to victims.In the recent Kedarnath disaster, VT was lauded by one and all for rendering free and tasty food to victims who were stranded for 2 to 3 months in Badarinath.

Housing

A full fledged colony with 88 houses was built with good infrastructure such as roads, electricity. And 20 houses were built in Pumpuhar for tsunami victims.

Schooling

Built school for the fishermen children who lost their school during tsunami.

Survival Kits

10,000+ kits were distributed which has daily essentials. Survival kit contains toothpaste, soaps, matchbox, candles, vessels, bucket, mug, 5 kg rice, pluses, salt etc.

Medical Help & Clothing

Whenever disasters occur our VT homeo doctors provide their services by administering free checkups & medicines. Blankets, towels, clothes are provided to the victims.